Word: affair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What about the fact that the President lied, people ask? Well, even if he did, he should be forgiven. Put yourself in his shoes. You have an affair. You are asked about it in public, in front of your family, in front of the entire country. You have two choices: tell the truth and forever change your relationship with your loved ones; or lie, and hope to get away with...
...shelf life of scandal, even presidential scandal, is not indefinite, and after such hypersaturation, Americans may find themselves not only ultimately bored by the Clinton-Lewinsky affair but also indignant at Kenneth Starr's sadistically detailed report. Americans may conclude it was not necessary for Starr, in order to make his legal point, to engage in such a pornographic narrative...
...descriptions may be necessary for Kenneth Starr to prove that Clinton had sex with the former intern under any definition (and thus committed perjury), the referral's bald, footnoted narrative reveals even more complex human intimacies. Initiated the week a budget impasse shut down the government, the furtive, sterile affair has brought Washington to a standstill once again. Excerpts from the report...
Garry Wills said in his piece "Leading by Leaving" that Clinton should resign. I strongly disagree. Resigning would only further lower the morale of a country that already feels foolish about this whole affair. What Clinton needs to do (if he's smart) is admit in a nationwide address that he has a problem with sex, then get into therapy and earn our sympathy back. I bet it would work. SUE RA Lansing, Mich...
HELEN CHENOWETH The Idaho family-values conservative is outed as "the other woman" in old affair...